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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cherokee County, Kansas included within the History of Kansas by William G. Cutler, published by A. T. Andreas, 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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O. N. WILLIAMS, nurseryman, was born in Iowa, April 21, 1845. When eighteen years of age, he joined the army, serving for two years. He began work in the nursery at the age of twenty-one, in Iowa, where he remained for one year, and then removed to Missouri, where he was engaged in the same business for one year, then to Cherokee County, Kan., in 1867. He bought and improved eighty acres, on which he ran a general nursery until 1882, when he sold out, subsequently engaging in the fruit farming business in Arkansas. He owns unimproved land in Missouri, and has served as Township Clerk two terms. He is a member and a Deacon of the Christian Church. He was married to Miss Mattie A. Long, of Indiana, in 1874. They have one child— Claude C.
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